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I've always used the PSE Organizer for my digi files. I started with PSE6, am on 8, and have the upgrade for 10 next to my computer, ready to go. I think it's easy, it's included in PSE, and it works well.
I have a tutorial on getting started with the Organizer in my store, I Know I had it Here Somewhere...
If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them for you.

I loved the Organizer in Elements, but with PSC5 it is called Bridge.
You can make maps to organize, but also surch your computer and get images, photos, papers and elements to drag in your working space.

I have put all my backgrounds from a lot of kits in one map in Bridge, but then something went wrong, now there are only 97 left
Have to start over I think!

I think it is best to organize your kits on your computer (and save theme regulary to an extern disk!) and from that maps put them in your Bridge.
When your computer crashes, you can get your organized maps back from your backup and then you have to do the Bridge again.

For me, I am now organizing my maps with digital material, so I can easely find that one little butterfly or that one background, without looking trough all the kits ;-)

I am writing this down in a manuel for Dutch people who would like to start with digital scrapping, organizing will be chapter 1.

Of course it's easy to use the organizer or Bridge to look at your kits and find things, but you need to start with an organization PLAN for how and where to store those kits on your hard drive. People use different plans, all for good reasons, and you need to choose one to guide you. Check out this thread and this thread and this thread for some info on how people do this, choose a plan, and start NOW. You can see this is a perennial question with people new to digiscrapping. Unzip and put away your kits as soon as you get them, so they will be available for using on your layouts, and you will be able to see and sort them in Organizer or Bridge.